Reels are the hottest topic for TackleTour. Everyone wants to know what the latest and greatest is and how they compare to the old guard. What's the best for light stuff, or what's your suggestion for heavy cover. Do we really need different retrieve ratios? It's all in here.

I fished my 1016 for the first time yesterday. No fish to report but I got maybe 30 mins of casting in.

I was using a megabass launcher with defier 13 lb line and a wiggle wart tied on. The wiggle wart is the very bottom of what this rod is rated for so I figured it would be a good test. I was able to set the braking down to 5 before I changed rods and reels (we found a MOUNTAIN of stacked crappie lol). I was getting respectable casts with no fluffing at all and no issues, no issues with the amount of line but that light lure wasnt going to spool the reel. and its still buttery smooth.

I need to tie a 6xd or something similar and really let her eat but my water is still 47 degrees or less so havent needed to do it and didnt take the time yesterday to try. I will probably go chase Muskie next weekend and I can tie on a big bait and let the reel eat then, maybe get a video of a decent cast for reference.

I could see where these reels might be a bit small for say throwing jakes or suicks etc but for larger bass jerkbaits it shouldnt be a problem. My pike jerkbait reel is a revo toro 50 which has almost double the line capacity.

spookybaits wrote:*side note- I wonder if this will be the reel that ushers in micro gears for Daiwa reels. I bet we see em on the next Zillions...

I really hope the daiwa micro gear stays exclusive in the high end reels. Altho I might sound a bit selfish, I just cant see the reason to buy highend daiwa reels when I canget a tatula sv for 300$ cheaper but same technology. Steez sounds like an overpriced reel at that point

While the Tatula reels are feature packed and excellent performers they lack the refinement of the higher end reels such as the Steez and TD Zillion. Tatulas are a little sloppy, a little geary and a little noisy when compared to the higher end offerengs.

Hyaweh wrote:I really hope the daiwa micro gear stays exclusive in the high end reels. Altho I might sound a bit selfish, I just cant see the reason to buy highend daiwa reels when I canget a tatula sv for 300$ cheaper but same technology. Steez sounds like an overpriced reel at that point

The Tatula SV is great without a doubt, but with a comment like that, I'd certainly be surprised if you've fished a Steez SV TW. They don't share all the "same technology" and feel and fish nothing like one another. I've put in many hours with both.

I'm looking forward to giving the new Ryoga a shot myself, not to mention the new Exist to compare to Stella FJ. We're doing pre-orders on both and I have mine in

I received mt Ryoga from Japan on Sunday. Took it out of the box and cranked the handle and was a little disappointed. It doesn't freewheel worth a crap and it feels like a gear shaft is bent or something. With each turn their is a disconcerting tick and bump. Maybe it is an isolated case but at the moment I am in no way a fan.

I would like to send it to Gary at TT for a once over and an opinion of why it seems so lackluster.